Talk:Smarandache function

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Talk:Smarandache function. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Talk:Smarandache function, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Talk:Smarandache function in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Talk:Smarandache function you have here. The definition of the word Talk:Smarandache function will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofTalk:Smarandache function, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

RFD discussion: June 2024–April 2025

Latest comment: 2 months ago5 comments5 people in discussion

The following discussion has been moved from Wiktionary:Requests for deletion (permalink).

This discussion is no longer live and is left here as an archive. Please do not modify this conversation, but feel free to discuss its conclusions.

Requested for deletion for self-promotion. Smarandache is an infamous crank in the mathematical community and there are many other instances of him self-promoting, e.g. on Wikipedia.

If you need further details, see the Talk page of the corresponding wikipedia article "Kempner function"; although "Smarandache function" is a redirect link to it, there clearly should not be a Wiktionary page for the term Smarandache function. Vstephen B (talk) 22:41, 25 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

I would like to point out that the page was made by Equinox, and not a member of Smarandache's crew, as far as I know. I don't think that RFD is appropriate here, given the circumstances. Maybe RFV, to see if people are using the term. (Side note, when I go into Google Books, I see some results. Not sure if every result is just Smarandache, or if it has been rarely used.) CitationsFreak (talk) 05:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Looking on Google Scholar, this has been used in the "Smarandache notions journal"(!!) and in some books by people who appear to be at least close acquaintances of Smarandache (with forewords acclaiming him for being not just a brilliant mathematician but also father of a field of literature, for instance). My suspicion is that this would fail RFV on a close reading (I doubt anyone who writes about Smarandache is truly independent of him) but it would take deep searching to verify and it wouldn't surprise me if three maths students writing doctoral theses stumbled across and cited him. Smurrayinchester (talk) 09:34, 27 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Send to RfV per Smurrayinchester and CitationsFreak. LunaEatsTuna (talk) 00:17, 7 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

RFD-closed, this needs to be at RFV. I'm not sure why it took us almost a year to realise this... This, that and the other (talk) 04:33, 18 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia